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According to the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy ( 1999 – 2001 ) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Duncan Idaho is born on the planet Giedi Prime, under the Harkonnen Regime.

His hatred for the Harkonnens is established when, at eight years of age, his parents are murdered in front of him by Glossu Rabban.

Rabban subsequently chooses young Idaho to be the prey for one of his hunts, but Idaho's resourcefulness and the aid of a woman who wants to punish the Harkonnens enables him to escape Giedi Prime for the planet Caladan.

Upon arriving at the Atreides palace, he becomes a stableboy at Duke Paulus Atreides ' request.

After Paulus ' death, Idaho expresses his desire to become a Ginaz Swordmaster.

In the trilogy's second installment Dune: House Harkonnen, Duncan undergoes the immense rigors needed to be a Swordmaster ; he is promoted to the title, alongside a Grumman friend named Hiih Resser, and helps defeat a mob of insurgent students.

At the time of Dune: House Corrino, Duncan is an instrumental part of the liberation of the planet Ix from the Sardaukar and Tleilaxu, and even manages to defeat Count Hasimir Fenring in single combat.